Combined brace and tie-plate.



V. ANGERER.

COMBINED BRAGE AND TIE PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.13, 1913.

1,1 18,836. Patented Nov. 24. 1914.

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V. ANGERER.

COMBINED BRAGE AND TIE PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.13, 1013.

l, 1 1 8,836. Patented Nov. 24. 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- VICTOR ANGERER, OF RIDLEY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM WI-IARTON, JR, 8: COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF.PHILADELPI-IIA, PENNSYL-a VANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED'BRAGE AND TIE-PLATE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VICTOR Anennnma citizen of the United States, reslding 1n Ridley Park, county of Delaware, State of I can be driven at each side of the tie-plate to engage the outer base flange of the rail.

The invention also relates to improvements in tie-plates which can be used 1n connection with the guard rail, or as a '"slide plate for the point rails of switches. In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a side view of my improved pressed steel brace and tie-plate showing the running rail in dotted lines; Fig. 2 is a plan View; Fig. 3 is a view ofa blank before bending; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the brace and tie-plate; Fig. 5 is aview illustrating a modification, showing the notches in the plate on each side of the brace; Fig. 6 is a side view illustrating the base extended to support a guard rail; and Figs. 7 and 8 are views illustrating the method of making the brace when used as a slide plate for the point rails of switches.

Referringin the first instance to Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, 1 is my improved brace and tie-plate;2is the running rail illustrated by dotted lines, held to the ties by spikes 3 and 4 also shown in dotted lines, the spikes extending over the inner and outer base flanges of the rail.

The combined brace and tie-plate is made in a single piece pressed into shape in suitable dies, and has a base section 5 on which rests the running rail 2, and a brace 6 which engages the side and underside of the head of the rail and resists any outward lateral strains. The brace section of the plate is narrower than the plate section, as illustrated in Fig. 2, allowing the plate to extend at each side of the brace, as at 7, so that the spikes 3 can be driven at the edge of the base flange of the rail 2, and the head of the spike will overla flange in direct line with the pro]ecting por- Specification of Letters Patent.

the base 1 tion 7 of the plate. The plate is perforated at 8 for the reception of the spikes 4:, which overlap the inner base flan e of the rail,

and the outer extension 9 of the brace has spike holes 10 for the reception of the spikes which resist the outward lateral pressure of the rail. The diagonal member 11 of the brace 6 extends to a point near the underside of the head of the rail 2, and has a bean ing portion 12. The brace is bent to form a bearingportion 13 which rests directly under and in contact with the head of the rail, and also has a bearing portion 14 resting against the outer lower edge of the head of the rail. The other diagonal member 15 of t the brace is bent as shown at 16 to form a reinforce for this member of the brace,

making a very substantial and simple construction, and one which can be formedin a press.

Other fastenings, such as belts or clips,

may be substituted for the spikes, without departing from my invention, and the same may be applied to metal ties, or any other' tics and track supports beside Wooden ties. The blank, as illustrated in Fig. 3, is first made by punching from a flat plate and then this plate is preferably placed in a press havingsuitable dies which crimp or shape the narrow portion of the blank into the form of the brace illustrated in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 5, I have illustrated a slight modification of the construction shown in Fig. 4,

Patented N 0v. 24,1914.

1 Application filed September 13, 1913. Serial No. 789,663.

in that Iextend the plate 5 rearwardly and form notches 17 therein at each side of the brace 6, for the reception of the spikes which engage the outer base flange of the running rail.

In Fig. 6 I have shown the plate extended as at 5 so as to support the running rail 2; the brace 6 being formed to brace the inside of the guard rail 18.

In Fig. 7, I have illustrated a construction of my improved brace and tie-plate in which the plate 5 is extended to form a slide 19 for the switch rail 20; the portion of the plate forming the slide being greater in thickness than that portion of the plate under the running rail.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7 with the exception that the plate 5 is of even thickness throughout, and the slide 19 for the switch rail is formed by pressing up a section of the plate.

By the above description, it will be seen that I can make a very simple and substan tial tie' plate and brace from a single piece of metal, which can be cut from a flat sheet, and pressed into shape by suitable dies, and that the plate can be either of suflicient length to extend under the running rail or may project so as to form the slide plate for the split point rail of a switch, or may be used on a guard rail forminga brace for the guard rail and a tie-plate for both the guard rail and the running rail.

1. A combined brace and tie plate made of a single sheet of metal cut and bent into shape, having a flat portion extending under the running rail; and a brace portion narrower in width than the plate and bent so as to bear against the under side of the head of the rail and extending inwardly from the plate and reinforced, the plate having holes for the fastening devices and the extension of the brace also having holes for the reception of the fastening devices.

2. A combined brace and tie plate made from a single piece of sheet metal cut and bent into shape and having a plate section for the reception of one or more rails; a brace consisting of two diagonal members of less width than the plate, the said brace member extending under the head of the rail, the extension of the outer brace member, as well as the plate, having holes for the fastening devices, the plate extending on each side vof the brace so that the fastening devices can be located on each side of the brace and will overlap the base flange of the rail and the plate.

3. A brace and tie-plate made of a single sheet of metal cut and pressed into shape, the brace portion of the structure being less in width than the plate which extends under the rail, the brace being shaped on diag onal lines in respect to the baseand made hollow, one diagonal member of the brace extending to a point under the head of the rail and having three bearing surfaces which rest respectively against the web-and head of the rail, the other member of the brace being reinforced and terminating in 7 an extension perforated for the reception of tie fastenings which resist the lateral strains of the rail.

4. A blank for a tie plate and brace con sisting of a rectangular portion which forms the plate; and an extension, less in Width than the said portion, projecting from one side of the rectangular portion and tapered to substantially the same width as the plate at its outer end and forming the brace section of the combined brace and tie plate, the plate and the extension having perforations for the fastening devices.

In testimony whereof, I have signed myname to this specification, in the presence of" two subscribing witnesses.

- VICTOR ANGERER. lVitnesses WM. A. BARR, i J 0s. H. KLEIN.

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Washington, D. Q. 

